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Show Senator Smoot's Foresight. Dy F. P. GALLAGHER, E'dltor of The Citizen. IT, IP, nrobahlc that tlio league of liutldris'plan'ti Id the' lU'puhllcnn , tilatforij more nearly represent thBllewK-of Koiiilliir Sinoot.thun of any other heimtor who loqU mirt In ,frMnliig Jhj) IJQrty;s declaration of jnllKlples As Seiiatnr Sm'oot re. iuiukill MMiq ufvr the ('ouiprnnilKe hnd bein ngrWsl upon, "It does not repu dlute the lenguo of nutlons ,nor iloes If, Midge (e jialty tiK uny specific mtlon for tho futuie," It Iciim-s the party untrmnnif led to) meet the new tondltlmis' Ahlle'blmllng It'to' save tho eoutiliy from the perils which Senulor Smoot discerned In the tou'iinut nf mmiii as It was presented to 'the senate by I'lesldenl Wilson. II Is to be piusiiined that own the nint zenlous itdvotate of tho league will concede today thut Senator Hmoot acted wisely and braxcly at a time when the people of Utah wero swept off their feet by generous but tnls-Ink-in Impulses. They bellewd with an nbldlng faith that their president had brought homo u covenant which Insured permanent pence thtoughout the world and they displayed a (om-inemhible (om-inemhible enthusiasm for a noble caue. It was many months before they realised thut Senator Smoot had seen through the Minimi of tho covenant coven-ant wltli unerring lslon Meantime he was Mibjeited to a wiltnlitc whirlwind whirl-wind of embltttied criticism from men who liuw slnif teeauted and come nwt to his side. It required high patriotism for the Itepubllcan senators to brae the storms of mlhiindei standing nnd do-ntiiK'Intlnn. do-ntiiK'Intlnn. It wus Inevitable that the Democrats Miould raise thu cry of partisanship mid thus obscurn the Issue. None had bigger odds to face than did Scnntor Smoot nnd none met them with a morp unflinching courage and determination. Thoe evil days have vanished nnd a snner view prevails every u here. Wo njayilHii-uTeathaUln. the.long.iiin the AmerJn people will decide the question ques-tion wUely uml Jvslly and with their utulllac IdeallHiu. |